Valley & Mountain Video Displayed @ #gc2012
Valley and Mountain Fellowship is a new church start in South Seattle, Washington, whose goal is to be conscious and aware of it's role...
United Methodists celebrate Pride in Seattle
Members of more than a dozen Seattle-area United Methodist churches came out in force to participate in Sunday’s annual Pride Parade. The Rev. David Valera spoke with several United Methodists in attendance to find out what it meant to them.
Seattle Area United Methodists share their Pride
Overview & Photos by Patrick Scriven, Director of Communications & Young People's Ministry
Over the last weekend of June, Seattle Pride, a non-profit organization which “coordinates and...
UMNS: 2011 numbers show U.S. members still sliding
A web-only photo by Allan Brown/iStockphoto.com.
UMNS Report by Heather Hahn*
7:00 A.M. ET Aug. 2, 2012
The United Methodist Church saw a reduction of at least 71,971...
Have No Fear! The Green Shirts Are Here!
Five Early Response Teams from across the Western Jurisdiction join up to help North Carolina residents recover from Hurricane Florence.
Commission on the Way Forward: Membership Selection Progresses
Washington, D.C.: The Executive Committee of the Council of Bishops has narrowed the list of potential nominees for membership on the Commission on the...
Word from Winkler — A significant couple of weeks
UMNS photo of The United Methodist Board of Church and Society's decorated tent on the National Mall by Kathy L. Gilbert.
By Jim Winkler, General...
Lay Ministry Training offers skills and perspective
Article & Photos by Greg Nelson, OR-ID Director of Communications
Forty lay people from across the Greater Northwest Episcopal Area gathered for the first session...
Judicial Council ruling finds #UMC Book of Discipline incapable of contextual adaptation
The Rev. Mary Huycke, first elected clergy delegate from the PNW and chair of the WJ Episcopacy Committee, responds to the ruling released by the Judicial Council today. Huycke writes that it was "our church law that was on trial here." The ruling confirms for her that the Book of Discipline lacks the ability to adapt "during a time of transition."
On Religious Freedom and Referendum 74
Bishop Grant J. Hagiya preaching at the Service of Commissioning and Ordination during the 2012 Pacific Northwest Annual Conference Session in Pasco, WA. Photo...
